Pictures: Portion of Route 309 renamed to honor Marine

Portion of Route 309 renamed to honor Marine Brandon Van Parys

DONNA FISHER / THE MORNING CALL

Gary Day (R-Berks/Lehigh), left, speaks as Alan Van Parys of New Tripoli, father of the late Lance Corporal Brandon Van Parys and Tammy Van Parys, his wife, and Daniel Van Parys, 16, brother of Lance Corporal Brandon Van Parys, listen. Part of Route 309 in Lehigh County has been named as the Lance Corporal Brandon Van Parys Memorial Road. The section is between Northwest Road and Long Court, and Mosserville Road and Mountain Road to the north. The dedication was on Saturday, November 14, 2015.

Gary Day (R-Berks/Lehigh), left, speaks as Alan Van Parys of New Tripoli, father of the late Lance Corporal Brandon Van Parys and Tammy Van Parys, his wife, and Daniel Van Parys, 16, brother of Lance Corporal Brandon Van Parys, listen. Part of Route 309 in Lehigh County has been named as the Lance Corporal Brandon Van Parys Memorial Road. The section is between Northwest Road and Long Court, and Mosserville Road and Mountain Road to the north. The dedication was on Saturday, November 14, 2015. (DONNA FISHER / THE MORNING CALL)

Gary Day (R-Berks/Lehigh), left, speaks as members of the late Lance Corporal Brandon Van Parys's family and friends listen. Part of Route 309 in Lehigh County has been named as the Lance Corporal Brandon Van Parys Memorial Road. The section is between Northwest Road and Long Court, and Mosserville Road and Mountain Road to the north. The dedication was on Saturday, November 14, 2015.

Gary Day (R-Berks/Lehigh), left, speaks as members of the late Lance Corporal Brandon Van Parys's family and friends listen. Part of Route 309 in Lehigh County has been named as the Lance Corporal Brandon Van Parys Memorial Road. The section is between Northwest Road and Long Court, and Mosserville Road and Mountain Road to the north. The dedication was on Saturday, November 14, 2015. (DONNA FISHER / THE MORNING CALL)

Saturday marked the official dedication of the Lance Corporal Brandon Van Parys Memorial Road, a several-mile stretch of Route 309 in Heidelberg Township that recognizes a man who was 20 when he was killed in 2007 in Iraq.